Am I the only one..
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Am I the only one..
..in the universe who is completely unmoved by the death of Michael Jackson? And if I am, does that make me a bad person?
And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')
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For me, the real Michael Jackson died in 1991, so it's normal to feel unmoved by this clone's death.
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I'm not very moved about his death - I'm just very sorry for him what happened to his life...
I'm not very moved about his death - I'm just very sorry for him what happened to his life...
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I'm unmoved by all the news coverage. The news people have got to learn when to not report.
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A teaser last night for a TV special to come this week:
"The world stops to mourn Michael Jackson."
and also in the spot, this unfortunate syntax:
"his children, the drugs--what really killed him?"
"The world stops to mourn Michael Jackson."
and also in the spot, this unfortunate syntax:
"his children, the drugs--what really killed him?"
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Naw...I kind of agree with Noodle up there--MJ more or less did himself in long before his actual Earthly departure. So now it's just the end of the weirdness.
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s1m0n wrote:..in the universe who is completely unmoved by the death of Michael Jackson? And if I am, does that make me a bad person?
Well you have started a thread about him so ye must be feeling something.
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"Noodle"... Aye ! ah ah, I like itemmline wrote:Naw...I kind of agree with Noodle up there--MJ more or less did himself in long before his actual Earthly departure. So now it's just the end of the weirdness.
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Irritation. The word 'moved' in this context means a set (or spectrum) of similar emotions like empathy, pity, sympathy, and grief. Irritation isn't one of them.dubhlinn wrote: Well you have started a thread about him so ye must be feeling something.
And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')
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I sympathize with the millions world-wide who mourn his death but don’t share their feelings. I was pretty bummed when John Lennon got killed.
The coverage is becoming the story. My favorite recurring media line is something almost every reporter said in the first few days after he died. It was something like “… and now those 50 concerts won’t go on because Michael Jackson is dead.”
The coverage is becoming the story. My favorite recurring media line is something almost every reporter said in the first few days after he died. It was something like “… and now those 50 concerts won’t go on because Michael Jackson is dead.”
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I was much more saddened when George Harrison died...and Luciano Pavarotti. That one hit me really hard, actually, and I can truthfully say I did mourn his death. It was just kind of weird with MJ because he was such an icon in my life when I was a teenybopper, and because he was so young. But I'm not all in mourning. I haven't dug out all of my MJ vinyl and listened to it endlessly. It's just a shame that his life had to be so difficult, and that he had to die without it getting better. But that's a shame for anyone.
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No, Simon, you are a bad person for completely separate reasons.
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Just be glad Ed McMahon's death didn't generate the same media frenzy. I'm not sure I could survive weeks of old Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes commercial re-runs.mutepointe wrote:I'm unmoved by all the news coverage. The news people have got to learn when to not report.
As for MJ... No, Simon, you're not the only one. And many (not all) of the mourning fans they show on the "news" appear to be, in my opinion, seeking attention more than actually mourning. "Oh, look at me. See how sad I am. Now put me on the national news." Meh.
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I'm somehow just slightly moved, but basically onboard with you.s1m0n wrote:..in the universe who is completely unmoved by the death of Michael Jackson? And if I am, does that make me a bad person?
Bury him, already.
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It was newsworthy on the day he died, and it will be worth a 30-second story when the autopsy results are in but enough already!
Whenever the media latches on to one story and keeps on and on and on about that during the "news", I always wonder what is going on in the world that they are NOT reporting on that will ultimately affect us more than what they ARE reporting on. (Where's my tinfoil hat? )
Whenever the media latches on to one story and keeps on and on and on about that during the "news", I always wonder what is going on in the world that they are NOT reporting on that will ultimately affect us more than what they ARE reporting on. (Where's my tinfoil hat? )
Charlene